Between local and global: The place of comparative philosophy through Heidegger and Daoism

It is often argued that comparative philosophy is afflicted by an inherent contradiction. For in order to be truly comparative, it needs to assume some over arching position with regard to the thinkers or thoughts under comparison, to somehow stand above or beyond what is being compared. In other wo...

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Main Author: BURIK, Steven
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-44092020-02-13T06:30:07Z Between local and global: The place of comparative philosophy through Heidegger and Daoism BURIK, Steven It is often argued that comparative philosophy is afflicted by an inherent contradiction. For in order to be truly comparative, it needs to assume some over arching position with regard to the thinkers or thoughts under comparison, to somehow stand above or beyond what is being compared. In other words, it must transcend the things under comparison. If the comparative philosopher does not undertake at least the transcendence of her own culture, then she is in danger of imposing her own standards on foreign ways of thought. 2019-06-30T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3152 info:doi/10.2307/j.ctv7r43n5.5 Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Comparative philosophy Heidegger Daoism Philosophy
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Singapore
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topic Comparative philosophy
Heidegger
Daoism
Philosophy
spellingShingle Comparative philosophy
Heidegger
Daoism
Philosophy
BURIK, Steven
Between local and global: The place of comparative philosophy through Heidegger and Daoism
description It is often argued that comparative philosophy is afflicted by an inherent contradiction. For in order to be truly comparative, it needs to assume some over arching position with regard to the thinkers or thoughts under comparison, to somehow stand above or beyond what is being compared. In other words, it must transcend the things under comparison. If the comparative philosopher does not undertake at least the transcendence of her own culture, then she is in danger of imposing her own standards on foreign ways of thought.
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title Between local and global: The place of comparative philosophy through Heidegger and Daoism
title_short Between local and global: The place of comparative philosophy through Heidegger and Daoism
title_full Between local and global: The place of comparative philosophy through Heidegger and Daoism
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publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2019
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3152
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